>> that's a question for the governing body of the sport, the uci. but what i do know is yeah, back in '99, there was a positive test for cortisone that was covered up with a back-dated prescription. you're allowed to take it if you have a prescription for it. >> lance armstrong got tested, tested positive for cortisone and got a doctor to back-date a prescription? >> back-date a prescription. correct. and the uci knew what was going on. they allowed this back-dated prescription to happen. >> lance armstrong hasn't spoken since the ruling was issued. we obviously asked him to come on the program tonight. his people declined. they have put out a statement essentially saying that all the riders have come forward, that they're either -- this is a publicly funded witch hunt, a taxpayer funded witch hunt, that the riders are in it for a variety of nefarious reasons or self-promotional reasons. what do you want to say to lance armstrong? >> did he call us liars? no, probably not. he's got some, you know, i understand it's hard. i lied for a long, long time